Rob Pardo's guest appearances

Rob Pardo

IDEO Futures

Designer Notes

Justin Bieber

Jake Knapp

David Kelley

Bonny Simi

Bryce Roberts

Patrick Dempsey

Kevin Kelly

Michael Dearing

Alex Hutchinson

Chelsea Howe

Brian Reynolds

Rob Daviau

Meg Jayanth

Nels Anderson

Brad Muir

OwlTail

Bonfire Studios

Rob Pardo is on a mission to create game experiences that build and deepen friendships. Formerly the Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment—where he led the design of World of Warcraft—Rob and a small team of game designers recently founded Bonfire Studios.Rob stopped by IDEO San Francisco to talk with Diego about everything from serendipity in game design to turning bugs into crucial game elements.Find more on Rob + Bonfire Studios here: http://www.bonfirestudios.com/Drop us a line. We love hearing from you: @ideofutures on Twitter or futures@ideo.com via email.

Rob Pardo is on a mission to create game experiences that build and deepen friendships. Formerly the Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment—where he led the design of World of Warcraft—Rob and a small team of game designers recently founded Bonfire Studios. Rob stopped by IDEO San Francisco to talk with Diego about everything from serendipity in game design to turning bugs into crucial game elements. Find more on Rob + Bonfire Studios here: <a href="http://www.bonfirestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bonfirestudios.com/</a> Drop us a line. We love hearing from you: @ideofutures on Twitter or futures@ideo.com via email.

Episode 40: Rob Pardo from Bonfire Studios

Soren is not done with Rob yet! In the second half of the interview, they discuss the MMO that shocked everyone (including Blizzard), how to hire game designers, why they didn't make DOTA2, removing the auction house from Diablo 3, and what might come next from Rob.

Designer Notes 2: Rob Pardo - Part 2

Welcome to Designer Notes, a podcast about why we make games, hosted by Soren Johnson of Mohawk Games. In our first episode, Soren sits down with Rob Pardo, formerly the Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment, to discuss his game design career, or at least as much as could fit into this first of two parts! Rob is best known for his design work on StarCraft 1 &amp; 2, Warcraft 3, and World of Warcraft.

Designer Notes 1: Rob Pardo - Part 1